Spotify re-ups its licensing agreement with France's SACEM in a deal covering the EU and over 80 countries

By Emmanuel Legrand

French rights society SACEM has renewed its agreement with music streaming service Spotify.

  The new multi-territorial agreement covers the rights of mechanical reproduction and public performance on all the plans offered by Spotify: duo, student, family offer. It covers the countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Israel, South Africa, the Middle East, India, Russia and 80 other territories in the world.

  SACEM's first agreement with Spotify dates back to 2008, and has been regularly renegotiating over the years in order to ensure an appropriate remuneration for SACEM members for the use of their works on the platform. SACEM said that for more than 10 years, It has been a partner of Spotify, providing a repertoire of some 150 million musical works.

Defending artistic creation

  "Thanks to its own repertoire and its agreements with leading international publishers such as Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell, IMPEL, or its mandates with foreign copyright management companies (Canada's SOCAN, and South Korea's KOMCA), SACEM contributes to the defense of artistic creation in the world," said the society in a statement.

  It added: "Together, SACEM and Spotify will continue to explore this constantly evolving and strategic market for the entire music ecosystem."